Servicemen stationed at Camp Dodge,
Iowa, created this Statue of Liberty composed of 18,000 officers and men,
while training for active duty in Europe during World War I. The
Armistice ended the war on November 18, 1918 before the 14th Infantry
Regiment had deployed to participate in the war, and the Regiment moved to
Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois to assist in dismantling the camp.
Within two years the Regiment was on its way to the Panama Canal Zone.

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1901

June - Received orders to
return from China, to new quarters: The 2nd Battalion at Fort
Snelling, the 1st Battalion at Fort Brady and Fort Wayne, the 3rd
Battalion at Fort Porter and Fort Niagara, for garrison duty.
Companies K and L, 3rd Battalion, from Fort Porter, stood guard over the
house in which President McKinley lay dying from an assassin's bullet.
Company I escorted the body to Canton, Ohio and stood guard as he lay in
state.

1903-1905

February 28 - Regiment sails
for the Philippines, the 1st Battalion to Camp Hartshore, Samar on the
island of Samar, with the rest of the Regiment proceeding to Camp
Connell on the west coast of Samar. The Regiment remained until
April 23, 1905

1905

Regiment returns to
Vancouver Barracks

1906

April 18, San Francisco
earthquake and fire - Companies A through I, and K were ordered to
interagency duty to assist in relief efforts, protecting property,
issuing relief supplies, helping the police force and preventing the
sale of liquor. They remained until June, then returned to
Vancouver Barracks.

1908

Begin 3rd tour of
Philippines to the islands of Leyte and Cebu.

1910

Regiment returns, the 1st
Battalion to Fort Lincoln, North Dakota, the 2nd Battalion to Fort
Harrison, Montana, and the 3rd Battalion to Fort Missoula, Montana.

1913

Regiment moves to Fort
Lawton, Washington, Fort George Wright, Washington, and the remainder,
with the 1st Battalion to Alaska.

1915

Omar N. Bradley graduates
from West Point as 2nd Lieutenant, is assigned to the 14th Infantry
Regiment in command of Company F, and then the 2nd Battalion, until
1919.

1916

May 11 - 2nd and 3rd
Battalions move to Fort Douglas, Arizona, and later Yuma, Arizona for
border patrol duty, until May 21, 1917. Mexican rebels had crossed
the border and conducted raids on American towns.

1917

Return to Vancouver Barracks
to prepare for overseas service.

1917

November - Regiment at Camp
Lewis, planning to join the 91st Division.

1918

Regiment scattered to
Washington, Idaho and Montana to guard utilities, forestalling attempts
by the International Workers of the World anarchists to interfere with
America's war program.
F Company's 5 officers and 86 men, with Omar N. Bradley in command,
travels to Butte, Montana to quell union unrest in the copper mines.
Being forewarned of a possible riot to shut down the mines, Bradley
posted the entire company throughout Butte with loaded rifles and fixed
bayonets. His decisive show of force maintained peace and order.

July 27 - Regiment is
assigned to the 19th Infantry Division. In August, 2nd and 3rd
Battalions entrain for Camp Dodge, Iowa, to join the 19th Division.
Omar N. Bradley is promoted to rank of Major and given command of the
2nd Battalion of the 14th Infantry Regiment.

1918

October 5 - 1st Battalion
moves to Camp Dodge, Iowa. World War I ends Nov. 11, 1918 with the
Regiment at Camp Dodge.

1918

December - Regiment moves to
Camp Grant, near Rockford, Illinois for garrison duty, and to close down
the camp.

1919

November 4 - Regiment moves
to Camp Custer, Michigan. Omar N. Bradley reduced to rank of
Captain, assigned to South Dakota State College to teach political
science, and later became a 5-star General of the Army.

1920

August - Drive begins to
enlist recruits in preparation for the move to Panama. Regiment
sails from Hoboken, N.J. on October 20, 1920.

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